12 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday, feb. 8, 1950
Reporter Tests Berlin Blockade;
Misses Being Stopped by Russ
By JOHN B. McDERMOTT
Berlin, Feb. 8 U.R) The Russian slowdown of traffic be
tween Berlin and west Germany is a strange sort of blockade.
Nobody seems to know when, or why, it's going to be on or off.
Some Americans here think the uncertainty of it is calculated to
add just that much aggravation. Uncertainty is one of the better
weapons used in a war of nerves.
I hitch-hiked here from
Helmstedt, at the western end
of the big hlghwaj running
through the Russian zone, to
see what the blockade was
like. It was like nothing that
day, for that was one time for
the off-again on-again squeeze
to be off.
Bergi
imanr Son In
Weak Condition
Rome, Feb. 8 U.R) Swedish
actress Ingrid Bergman and her
five-day old son are in a "weak
condition," according to an ac
quaintance of Italian Film Dir
ector Roberto Rossellini.
The acquaintance, Uga Zatter
in, said the condition of the act
ress and her son made it im
possible for them to be photo
graphed now.
Zatterin, employed by a mag
azine owned by one of Rossel
lini's film backers, spoke at a
meeting of newsmen and photo
graphers which Rossellini was
scheduled to attend. However,
Rossellini was not there.
Zatterin said the baby was
weak because it had been born
ahead of schedule.
"You understand that a pre
mature birth affects the condi
tion of health," he said.
"It is impossible at this time
because of the weak condition
of both mother and child, to per
mit photographers to enter the
room, but I have been authoriz
ed to say that all press photo
graphers will be admitted as
soon as possible."
Reports from Bad Gastein,
Austria, said the manager of
the swank Bellevue hotel there
was trying to find out if birth
of the baby had changed the
plans of Miss Bergman and Ros
sellini to spend several weeks
there.
Reservations for the Swedish
star and the director were made
by an Italian travel agency
which said they would arrive
Feb. 20. Bad Gastein is a popu
lar ski resort.
The hotel director said he
has asked the agency whether
the reservations still are valid,
but has received no reply.
Father Dies Saving
Life of Young Son
Sterling, Colo., Feb. 8 (U.R)
Adam Steinbach, 50, of Illif,
Colo., died here early Tuesday
from injuries received as he
eaved the life of his three-and-one-half
year old son.
Slate patrolmen said Stein
bach was driving his car on
U.S. highway 6, about three
miles out of Sterling, when his
wife suddenly screamed that
their son, Richard, had fallen
out of the car.
Steinbach stopped the car and
ran back to where his boy lay
at the side of the road. But be
fore he reached him, the young
ster stood up and began running
blindly across the highway.
Steinbach made a frantic dive
to prevent the boy from being
hit by an oncoming car. Stine
bach knocked hii ton clear, but
the approaching car, driven by
Allen Carse, 90, of Palisades,
Neb., struck him, almost sever
ing his left leg and Injuring him
Internally.
Steinbach died about five
hours after the accident.
Officers said his son escaped
with minor bruises.
Ames Enjoying Vacation
Sllverton Mr. and Mrs. Nor-
rls Ames are spending the winter
months vacationing at Cathedral
City, a suburb of Palm Springs,
Calif. Speaking of the weather
at the well known resort, the
Ames have written friends that
though summer has not yet ar
rived, the days are warm and
the nights cold.
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MOTHER KNOWS M$TI
Two minutes after I climbed
aboard a German trailer truck
at Helmstedt we were at the
Russian barrier. A fur-capped
guard and three blue-suited Ger
man policemen gave our travel
documents a quick check.
The heavy smell of fish was
ample proof that our cargo tal
lied with the many-stamped
bills of lading required by the
Soviets. They showPd a flicker
of surprise that an American
was riding a German truck, but
waved us through.
It was as simple as that. The
inspection had taken less than
two minutes. We were inside
the Russian zone 110 miles west
of Berlin.
Two other trucks were being
inspected as we went through.
One driver said he was ordered
to open a box of potatoes, then
was cleared. The other seemed
to be having no trouble.
Willi Grunewald, 35, veteran
of three years in the Berlin
zone, was driving our truck.
"Last week they made me
wait for 25 hours before they
would clear Me," he said. "Ev
ery time they do it differently.
They like to jab their needle.
Today they are letting the ice
on the road do it for them."
The ice was on the side of the
Russians this time, all right.
We saw eight trucks turned
over or stuck in the ditch dur
ing the seven-mile ride to Ber
lin.
The only Russian soldiers we
saw between Helmstedt and
Berlin were in an open truck.
About 20 of them were riding
westward.
At the final barrier, two Rus
sian soldiers, their rifles siung
carelessly over their backs,
stared at us but made no mo
tion to impede our Dassage.
Jane Russell
Joins Revival
Hollywood, Feb. 8 (U.B
A group of movie celebrities, in
cluding Jane Russell, have band
ed together to bring "God and
religion" to show business.
The actors met Monday night,
as they do every Monday night,
in a private home for prayer,
Bible reading and hymn singing.
Our purpose is to have a
place where people In the enter
tainment world who are inter
ested in religion can get together
and help their friends in show
business who are searching for
some spiritual life," said Miss
Russell, a charter member.
Others among the 25 members
are Colleen Townsend, songstress
Connie Haines, and character
actor Porter Hall.
'There is quite a hunger in the
entertainment world for God,"
Hall said. "Some lives in show
business are empty. They try to
find happiness in dissapation and
carousing.
'We have no holier-than-thou
attitude. We want to get people
interested in going to church,
any church. This isn't a tent revival."
TT
Ladies Aid Meets
Hubbard The Ladies Aid of
the Hubbard Community Church
(Congregational) met for all
day at the home of Mrs. J. J.
Van Lieu, Wednesday.
Their German police hench
men made a quick inspection
of the truck papers, glanced at
my travel papers and then lifted
the wooden gate. Three minutes
later we were inside the Amer
ican military police checkpoint
on the edge of the U. S. sector
of Berlin.
"We had it easy this time,"
Willi said, grinning. "But who
knows how it will be when I
come back again Wednesday?"
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